Fall 2023 Colloquium in Integrative Physiology

Schedule

DateTitle and Speaker

Monday, September 11

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Effects of exposure to air pollutants and PFAS on the gut microbiome: Implications for the developmental origins of chronic disease

Tanya Alderete, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder

(Host: Pei-San Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

Monday, September 18

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Immune Cell Infiltration and Modulation of the Blood-Brain Barrier in a Guinea pig Model of Tuberculosis Without Evidence of Bacterial Dissemination to the Brain

Julie Moreno, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Colorado State University

(Host: Christopher Lowry christopher.lowry@colorado.edu)

Monday, September 25

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Defining the role of sleep-active glymphatic function in Alzheimer’s disease in human populations

Jeff Iliff, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington 

(Host: Mark Opp and Rachel Rowe mark.opp@colorado.edu and rachel.rowe@colorado.edu)

Monday, October 2

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Impact of Working, Eating and Sleeping Around the Clock on Health and Wellbeing

Andrew McHill, Ph.D.
Assistant  Professor
School of Nursing
Oregon Health and Science University

(Host: Kenneth Wright kenneth.wright@colorado.edu)

Monday, October 9

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Regulation of body temperature and blood pressure in women: relevance to exercise performance

Nisha Charkoudian, Ph.D.
Division Chief
Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division
US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

(Host: Doug Seals and Kevin Murray douglas.seals@colorado.edu and kevin.murray-2@colorado.edu)

Monday, October 16

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Human Population Studies of Smoking Related Diseases: The Natural History of Disease as a model for identifying therapeutic targets for intervention

John Hokanson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Colorado School of Public Health

(Host: Marissa Ehringer marissa.ehringer@colorado.edu)

Monday, October 23

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Pairing non-invasive brain stimulation with functional electrical stimulation for post-stroke motor recovery: Employing principles of homeostatic metaplasticity

David Cunningham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Case Western Reserve University

(Host: Marissa Ehringer marissa.ehringer@colorado.edu)

Monday, October 30

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

The role of the gut microbiota in the maintenance of sex differences across the gut-brain axis

Eldin Jašarević, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

(Host: Christopher Lowry christopher.lowry@colorado.edu)

Monday, November 6

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Behavioral and neural plasticity of social bonding across the lifespan

Lisa Hiura, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
University of Colorado Boulder

(Host: Pei Tsai pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu)

Monday, November 13th

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

From epidemiology to molecules in the human microbiome

Curtis Huttenhower, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Harvard University

(Host: Tanya Alderete tanya.alderete@colorado.edu)

Monday, November 19th

Fall Break: No Classes

Monday, November 27th

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Sex (hormones), Drugs and Rock & Roll: Influence of Reproductive Health on Cardiovascular Aging in Women

Lindsey Dubose, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine-Geriatrics
University of Colorado Anschutz School or Medicine 

(Host: Doug Seals and Holden Hemmingway douglas.seals@colorado.edu and holden.hemmingway@colorado.edu)

Monday, December 4th

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

Musings on Mentoring: Teach Your "Children" Well

Douglas Seals, Ph.D.
Professor of Distinction
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado Boulder

(Host: Zach Clayton zachary.clayton@colorado.edu)

Monday, December 11th

Gold Biosciences Building A2B70

COVID19 inflames the brain: the role of spike proteins

Matt Frank, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Colorado Boulder

(Host: Monika Fleshner monika.fleshner@colorado.edu)

Monday, December 18th

 

Finals Week: No Classes